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normally do this kind of thing” was released in 1993 as the third
single of “Very”, the fifth studio album of the band. The artwork was
designed by Mark Farrow and PSB with photography by Andy Earl and costumes
by David Fielding, renowned Director, Scene and Costumes Designer for
Opera, Theatre and Pop who worked with the ban on their “Performance Tour”.
It was the continuation of the “Very” look by using bright colours and
using the “Lego” style finishing -from the packaging- on Neil & Chris’
rubber vests. |
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concept of the whole single is very linked to the song itself, it’s fun
and it’s a little Sixties, reason why they decided to wear wigs like the
“Byrds” band and use plastic transparent gloves and boots. Neil & Chris
were photographed dancing in different positions and and the artwork used
the photos with different combinations: Neil with “little Neils” dancing
around his head, Chris with “Little Chrises” dancing around his head and
then switching to Neil with “Little Chrises” and viceversa. The CD Single
packaging was very similar to the “Very Relentless” sleeve using a soft
plastic “Lego” style bubble sleeve with space for both parts of the single. |
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| The 7” Single
used Neil with ‘little Neils’ artwork over pale bright blue background
and included the B Side “Too many people”, the Cassette Single used the
Chris with ‘little Chrises’ artwork over bright yellow background with
the same tracklist. The CD Single Part 1 showed a photo of Chris inside
a small circle in the middle of the sleeve surrounded by dancing Neils,
everything over the bright blue background and including remixes by The
Beatmasters, DJ Pierre and Terrence Parker; while the CD Single Part 2
showed Neil inside a small circle surrounded by dancing Chrises over the
bright yellow background and included the B Side, the ‘Haçienda Version’
of the song Violence and a new remix of their hit West End Girls by DJ
Sasha and additional vocals by Helena Springs. |
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There
were two 12” Singles, the first one was titled “The Remixes” and showed
Neil with ‘little Chrises’ on blue background and including the remixes
by The Beatmasters and Terrence Parker as well as two versions of Wes
End Girls, the ‘Sasha Remix’ and ‘Sasha Dub’; the second one was titled
“The DJ Pierre Remixes” and showed Chris with ‘little Neils’ over yellow
background and including four remixes by DJ Pierre. The italian 12”
Single release used the same artwork as the Cassette Single and it’s
the unique version with this sleeve on 12”. There’s a second italian
12” Single release with an exclusive version named “Voxygen Mix” remixed
by Chris Le Blanc and Gary Jones issued in a black sleeve with a sticker.
Finally, the US 12” Single release issued in a generic die-cut black
sleeve with a sticker included a combination of remixes from the UK
12” releases.
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